Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 183
166 A REMARKABLE FIGHT. [December, A REMARKABLE FIGHT. Every reading boy or girl knows something aboutthe poisonous serpent of India, called the Cobrade Capello. This name, which means hoodedsnake, was given it on account of its habit of dilat-ing or stretching its neck into a sort of hood,… … four feet long, of a brownish-yellow color, and itspoison is exceedingly dangerous, and generally fatal. But there is also in India a little animal calledthe mongoose, which is said to fight and overcomethe cobra, and even to receive its bite withoutinjury. The mongoose, which resembles theweasel…
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